As the winter nights draw close, Indicator has announced a selection of dark and disturbing film entertainment.

On 10 December, Indicator presents William Castle at Columbia, Volume Two, the second of our Limited Edition Blu-ray box sets dedicated to one of American cinema’s most iconic filmmakers. This second instalment features four weird and wonderful films from the master showman’s illustrious career with Columbia Pictures: the delirious Zotz! (1962); the chilling 13 Frightened Girls (1963); Castle’s one and only collaboration with Hammer Films, The Old Dark House (1963), starring a host of great British actors including Robert Morley, Joyce Grenfell and the late Fenella Fielding; and the gruesome Straight-Jacket (1964), written by Psycho author Robert Bloch, and starring Hollywood legend Joan Crawford.

Also on 10 December, Indicator presents Joan Crawford in another of her outrageous 1960s horror roles – as the ruthless circus owner in Jim O’Connolly’s dark and twisted Berserk (1967). Starring alongside the indomitable Ms Crawford in this lurid murder mystery is a host of renowned British actors, including Judy Geeson, Michael Gough and Diana Dors.

All of December’s films are presented on Blu-ray for the first time in the UK and are complemented by a wealth of essential extra features and comprehensive booklets containing new essays and archival reprints. Mastered from the finest available materials, these essential releases feature expertly encoded presentations, collectable Limited Edition packaging, and English subtitles for the deaf and hard-of-hearing.

In other news, Indicator is preparing standard Blu-ray reissues of two of its popular titles which are selling out in their Limited Edition iterations. Due to unprecedented demand for our Night of the Demon Limited Edition 2-Disc Blu-ray Box Set, we are releasing a standard 2-disc edition on 19 November. This version will not include the special packaging, double-sided poster or 80-page book, but it will carry over all alternative feature presentations and the incredible array of new and archival special features. A standard edition of Don Siegel’s Charley Varrick will also be available on 19 November.

Renowned for his imaginative and eccentric marketing ploys, William Castle became synonymous with delivering lurid horror films backed-up by his trademark publicity gimmicks (‘Illusion-O’; ‘Percepto’; the ‘Punishment Poll’; ‘Fright Breaks’, etc.). William Castle at Columbia, Volume Two features four more weird and wonderful films from the outrageous showman’s illustrious career with Columbia Pictures, all presented on Blu-ray for the very first time in the UK. Containing a wealth of new and archival extras this stunning Limited Edition Blu-ray Box Set from Indicator is strictly limited to 6,000 units.

13 Frightened Girls: four alternativee opening sequences created for international release versions

Jonathan Rigby on ‘The Old Dark House’ and ‘Strait-Jacket’ (2018): new appreciations by the author of American Gothic: Six Decades of Classic Horror Cinema

‘The Old Dark House’ in Eastmancolor (2018): Paul Frith, Senior Research Associate, School of Art, Media and American Studies at UEA discusses the film's cinematography

Joan Had Me Fired! (2018): an interview with actor Anne Helm

On the Road with Joan Crawford (2018): an interview with publicist Richard Kahn

Battle-Axe: The Making of 'Strait-Jacket'(2007, 15 mins)

Joan Crawford Wardrobe Tests (1964, 4 mins)

Joan Crawford - Axe Test (1964, 1 min)

How to Plan a Movie Murder (1964, 5 mins): star Joan Crawford, director William Castle and author Robert Bloch discuss making Strait-Jacket in this vintage piece

Super 8 version of Strait-Jacket

Isolated music & effects track on all four films

Original theatrical trailers

Strait-Jacket trailer commentary with David DeCoteau

13 Frightened Girls original UK trailer introduction

Alternative 13 Frightened Girls 'The Candy Web' trailer

Promotional and on-set photography, poster art and archive materials

New and improved English subtitles for the deaf and hard-of-hearing

Limited Edition box set exclusive booklets for each film with new essays by Joe Jordan, Racheal Nisbet, James Oliver and John Oliver, archival interview materials, contemporary reviews and film credits

World and UK premieres on Blu-ray

Limited Edition box set of 6,000 numbered units

All extras subject to change

Berserk | Limited Edition Blu-ray | £15.99

After the huge success of Robert Aldrich’s What Ever Happened to Baby Jane? (1962), Hollywood legend Joan Crawford found herself taking the lead in a series of lurid and sensational horror pictures in her later years – and Berserk was one of the best and most successful.

Crawford stars as a ruthless circus owner who exploits a series of gruesome murders for her own ends... until the killer targets her. Directed by Jim O’Connolly (Valley of Gwangi, Tower of Evil) and co-starring Diana Dors (Yield to the Night, Deep End), Michael Gough (Horror Hospital, Batman) and Judy Geeson (10 Rillington Place, Inseminoid), Berserk is a deranged slice of Great British Grand(Dame) Guignol – a bloody exploitation classic!

Indicator Limited Edition Blu-ray features:

High Definition remaster

Original mono audio

The BFI interview with Joan Crawford (1956)

Audio commentary with film historians Lee Gambin and Eloise Ross

Pamela Hutchinson on Joan Crawford (2018)

Jonathan Rigby on 'Berserk' (2018): a new appreciation by the author of American Gothic: Six Decades of Classic Horror Cinema

Didier Chatelain on Herman Cohen (2018): an interview with producer Cohen's assistant and business partner

Tom Baker's Beyond Belief! VHS Introduction (1997)

Tom Baker's Beyond Belief! Outtakes (1997)

Original theatrical trailer

Image gallery: on-set and promotional photography

New and improved English subtitles for the deaf and hard-of-hearing

Limited Edition exclusive booklet containing a new essay by Josephine Botting, archival interviews, historic articles, an overview of contemporary critical responses and full film credits

UK premiere on Blu-ray

Limited Edition of 3,000 copies

All extras subject to change

Night of the Demon | Blu-ray | £17.99

Based on M R James’ classic tale of terror, Casting the Runes, and adapted for the screen by regular Hitchcock collaborator Charles Bennett, Jacques Tourneur’s (Cat People, I Walked with a Zombie, Out of the Past) Night of the Demon is considered to be one of the seminal horror films of Twentieth-Century cinema. Released on Blu-ray for the very first time in the UK, the film is presented here in four different versions, and is accompanied by an incredible array of new and archival special features.

DISC ONE:

Night of the Demon – the original full-length pre-release version (96 mins)

Curse of the Demon – the US reissue version (96 mins)

2K BFI restoration presentations at 1.75:1

High Definition remaster presentations at 1.66:1

Original mono audio

Audio commentary with film historian Tony Earnshaw, author of Beating the Devil: The Making of ‘Night of the Demon’

DISC TWO:

Night of the Demon – the original UK theatrical cut (82 mins)

Curse of the Demon – the original US theatrical cut (82 mins)

High Definition remasters at 1.66:1

Original mono audio

Speak of the Devil: The Making of ‘Night of the Demon’ (2007, 20 mins): a documentary featuring actor Peggy Cummins and production designer Ken Adam

Cloven in Two (2018, 23 mins): a video essay exploring the different versions

Escape: ‘Casting the Runes’ (1947, 30 mins): a radio adaptation of the story

Super 8 version (7 mins): original cut-down home cinema presentation

Isolated music & effects track

Original theatrical trailer

Image gallery: promotional and production material

New and improved English subtitles for the deaf and hard-of-hearing

Charley Varrick | Blu-ray | £12.99

harley Varrick (Walter Matthau) is a former stunt-pilot who makes his living robbing small banks in the American Southwest. His latest heist sees him unwittingly steal from the local mafia, setting a psychotic hit-man on his trail and unleashing a maelstrom of violence and destruction.

Directed by the great Don Siegel (Invasion of the Body Snatchers, Dirty Harry), Charley Varrick is one of the best thrillers of the 70s: action-packed, memorably lurid and gleefully unsentimental.